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When you hire a full service moving company to help you move, more often than not, they’ll come equipped with all the moving supplies necessary to protect your items during the move.
However, if you want to go the route of doing more of a DIY move by renting a truck and just hiring loading and unloading help, you might be the one responsible for having all such supplies.
If this is the route you’re taking, we wanted to put together a list of moving supplies that you would want to have to make sure no damage occurs.
Check with the moving company you’re hiring if they’ll bring these items or do you need to get’em on your own.
Moving supplies to have when you hire moving labor
1. Mattress Bags
Its important to keep your mattresses clean during the move. You should consider buying a mattress bag for each of the mattresses and box spring you intend to move.
You can get mattress bags from home improvement stores, moving supply stores, moving company, truck rental companies, or from the moving labor company you hire. Mattress bags are some of the important moving supplies to provide when you hire moving labor.
2. Furniture Pads/Blankets
One easy way to prevent your furniture from any dent, ding or scratches is to provide pads for the moving labor. Pads are not expensive and you can rent them from your freight company, POD or truck rental company.
But if you can’t get pads or blankets from any of these companies, you should consider buying the pads or blankets to protect your furniture from damages.
3. Moving Boxes
Moving boxes are some of the most important moving supplies you should provide for the moving labor you hire.
If you don’t like cardboard boxes, you should consider plastic moving boxes and you can get them from these 5 companies.
The moving labor company you hire can provide the cardboard moving boxes at a cost or you can get the boxes for them.
4. Plastic Wrap/Shrink Wrap
Some cloth furniture can easily get dirty during the frenzy of packing. Shrink wrap is one of the moving supplies your moving labor can use to protect your loveseats and couches.
They can use it to secure furniture pads to larger household goods too. If you’re looking to buy shrink wraps, get a size that is no less than 15″ wide as the rolls are often 1000′-1500′.
5. Tie Down Straps
If you intend to use a freight moving company or a moving storage container, you should consider getting tie down straps as they are often more effective than ropes. Tie down straps will hold your household goods together while in transit.
This is one of the most important moving supplies you’ll have to provide for moving labor to ensure the safety of your items while they are in transit.
6. Appliance Dolly and Hand Trucks
An appliance dolly is moving equipment designed to make moving heavy household appliances easier. Dollies have an ‘L’ shape and they are similar to a hand truck.
Some dollies are for moving boxes and items like furniture while others are suited for large appliances.
You can rent an appliance dolly from your local truck rental company to make it easier for your moving labor to move large and bulky appliances.
7. Ropes
While it’s not always necessary to use ropes, you can have some ropes handy on the moving day just in case your moving labor needs them. The ropes can be used to secure household goods while loading the moving truck. You should consider having a 1/4″ nylon rope, they are often very useful as part of the moving supplies for moving labor.
8. Carpet Protection/Floor Runner
During unloading, it’s important for the moving labor to keep the floors of your new home clean. A carpet protection, furniture pad or floor runner can ensure that your floor stays clean during the unloading and unpacking.
9. Bubble Wraps
Bubble wrap is one of the most useful moving supplies you can provide for the moving labor you hire. They’ll need the Bubble wrap for cushioning some of your delicate and fragile items. Moving labor know exactly how to use the bubble wraps and the items to use the wraps for.
10. Labeling Stickers
Labeling stickers are among the moving supplies that are often overlooked. Its important to label all your moving boxes on all sides and indicate the room you want each box to end up. This is one task your moving labor can perform to make unloading and unpacking your household items easier.
11. Packing supplies for cushioning
Rather than just throw items into moving boxes, you should cushion the boxes to protect your items better. For fragile items such as dishes, foam wrap sheets can get the job done. You can use bubble wraps to protect larger items and awkwardly shaped items too.
You can also use newspapers for cushioning though they aren’t as effective as the other two cushioning supplies. But you can easily get newspapers from friends, neighbors, and colleagues etc. Packing supplies for cushioning are parts of the moving supplies to provide the moving labor you hire.
12. Couch covers
Couch covers are plastic covers that can protect your furniture from surface damage such as scratches or dents while keeping them clean. You can also use furniture covers to preserve whatever warranty you have on costly items such as mattresses. Another option for your mattresses is to get a mattress bag alongside a couch cover.
13. Tool set
While you may not intend to take apart your dining table, you may need to do so to make it fit into the moving van. You can easily use a tool set to take apart your dining table and any other furniture you want to disassemble.
Make sure you keep your tool set safely to easily find and use them to reassemble the furniture at your new home. As simple as it seems, tool sets are key moving supplies to provide the moving labor you hire.
14. Stretch wrap
You can use stretch wrap for multiple things as moving supply. You can use it for keeping drawers in place on items such as nightstands and dressers. You can also use stretch wrap for protecting furniture including wood pieces from surface damage such as scratches.
15. Plastic baggies
If you decide to take any of your furniture apart, you’ll need a safe place for keeping screws, bolts, or washers in a safe place preferably a small plastic bag.
You’ll have to label this bag to make it easier to find as soon as you have to reassemble the furniture at your new place. You can use a sandwich-sized or a snack bag for this. So, make sure plastic baggies are parts of the moving supplies you provide to the moving labor you hire.
